Device for use in cutting paper in rolls.



MOORE. DEVICE FOR CUTTING PAPER IN ROLLS.

APP N FILED MAR. 1. m6.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

5111 ue mtoz WZ/Maore WALTER-E. MOORE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

DEVICE FOR USE IN CUTTING PAPER IN ROLLS.

Application filed March 7, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VVALTER E. Moore, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Use in Cutting Paper in Rolls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a device for use in cutting rolls of crape paper into strips.

Grape paper is extensively used for decorative purposes and is placed upon the market in rolls of practically uniform diameter, but the sheets composing the rolls as delivered by the manufacturers are generally too wide for use and are now ordinarily cut into strips by the use of shears operated by hand. It is practically impossible to out the strips of uniform width by such means, and it is the object of my invention to provide a simple device which may be adjusted to accurately gage the strips and by the use of which the rolls of paper may be very expeditiously cut into strips of any desired width.

The object of my invention is attained by the use of such a device as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective View of the guide or holder for the roll of paper; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal section; Fig. 5 is a detail plan View.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a base plate 1 which will preferably be constructed of hard wood and will be of oblong rectangular form. This base plate may be provided at its ends on its under side with teeth or similar devices 2 of metal which will penetrate a soft wood table, or other fixed support, so that the device will not move about while in use. Upon the upper surface of this base plate, near one end thereof, I inscribe a scale or series of graduations 3 by which the device may be set to any required measurement so that the strip of paper severed from the roll will be of the width required for any particular purpose. Immediately adjacent the inner end of this scale 3, the upper surface of the base plate is countersunk or recessed, as indicated Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Serial No. 82,734.

at 4, and in the said recess is seated the central portion of a holder which consists of a U-shaped strip of metal 5 having its ends or sides doubled onthemselves to provide wings or standards 6 which are fitted against the side edges of the base plate and secured thereto by screws or similar fastenings 7 inserted through perforations 8 in the ends of said wings or standards into the base plate, as will be readily understood. The upper surface of the central U-shaped member 5 will'lie flush with the upper surface of the base plate, as clearly shown in Fig, 4, so that there will be no obstruction to the passage of the paper over the base plate and, consequently, the tearing or injuring of the paper in any manner will be avoided. In the base plate, near the end of the same, is fitted a bolt 9 having its head countersunk in the bottom of the base plate, as shown at 10 in Fig. 3, and its threaded end projected above the base plate, as shown. A stop plate or gage 11 is adjustably held to the base plate by means of this bolt and a thumb nut 12 mounted thereon and said gage consists of a metallic plate having side flanges 13 which bear against the side edges of the base plate and thereby prevent lateral movement of the gage relative to the base plate. The gage is provided with a longitudinal slot 14 which receives the upper portion of the bolt 9 and at the inner end of the plate is a vertical flange or stop 15, against which the end of the roll of paper, indicated at 16, is caused to rest when the device is in use.

It is thought the manner of using'my device and the many advantages of the same will be readily appreciated from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The gage is adjusted so that the distance between the side of the holder 5 and the stop 15, as indicated upon the scale 3, will be equal to the width of the strip which is to be cut from the roll of paper. The thumb nut 12 is then turned home against the upper side of the base plate so as to firmly clamp the same in its adjusted position and the stop or flange 15 will thus be securely held at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the base plate and parallel with the sides of the holder 5. The roll of paper is then placed upon the base plate with one end projected through the holder and against the stop 15, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, after which the operator holding the knife against the side of the holder. The desired st'rip will thus be quickly severed from the roll and the width of the strip will be uniform throughout the length of the same. After the strip is severed, the roll of paper may be pushed lengthwise through the holder so that its end will abnt against the stop and this operation may be repeated until the desired number of strips have been cut. Ihe holder serves to confine the roll so that it will not spread unduly under pressure exerted thereonthro'ugh the knife and, consequently, will be cut cleanly and readily by the'knife.

Thedevice is obviously simple in its con"- struction and may be produced at a very low we; or" this ast ma be attained m' cost, and will be found highly efiicient for the purpose for which it is designed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: i p

1. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of a base plate having a rece's's' in its upper side, a holder comprising a 'U -slia'p'ed portion having its center seated in said recess flush with the upper surface of the base plate and secured at its ends to the base plate.

.2. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of a base plate, a stop thereon, anda transverse holder consisting of a- U-shaped member having its ends doubled upon themselves and depending tofit against the sideedges of the base plate, and means for securing saidends to the base plate.

In testimony whereof I flfllX my signature.

XVALTER E. MOORE. EL. sa]

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